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is thes biggest fear breaking up of turkey and the kurdish area from turkey. they are very unhappy with united states intervened in i iraq. it strengthened of the kurdish resistance. it brought the kurdish rebellion back to life. there now worry that the kurds in syria are to join with the kurds in iraq and that will make things even more difficult for turkey. the turks have tried to balance this by having very good relations political and economical in the north. it is a very tricky business. and we have not seen the end of it. that is one of the things on their minds. >> all right. adam. i work here at "heritage." i was wondering if anyone thinks that russia may be operating whenever it needs to do on a slightly accelerated timescale given the grand pr tactic -- pageant. and that they're not going to want a bad pr. this will either accelerate or make sure the issue is cleaned up. >> i have not seen anything that connects it with syria. if someone decides to intervene in syria, these are not the kinds of affairs you can manage -- according to a timetable. i d
is thes biggest fear breaking up of turkey and the kurdish area from turkey. they are very unhappy with united states intervened in i iraq. it strengthened of the kurdish resistance. it brought the kurdish rebellion back to life. there now worry that the kurds in syria are to join with the kurds in iraq and that will make things even more difficult for turkey. the turks have tried to balance this by having very good relations political and economical in the north. it is a very tricky business....
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since turkey supported us. i cannot understand why we don't go in, full guns, and support of ally. that is all i have to say. >> guest: well, michael. we actually have -- the united states has strong support for turkey since clinton and their foreign minister in turkey consulted earlier this week in refons the shelling that cross border shelling into turkey on wednesday. the u.s. strongly supported the meeting of the nato council that reassured turkey that defense commitments from the other members of the alliance were still firm and includes the united states. the u.s. has all along supported and very closely ashrined with turkish policy with regard to the regime and the need for asad to go and end repression. the problem is, that neath are the turks or the united states have been able to, don't have any leverage on assadand no able to convince him and he has looked more are to his iranian and russian supporters to try retain power in the hopes that perhaps the reluctance of the west and his own reegg pression
since turkey supported us. i cannot understand why we don't go in, full guns, and support of ally. that is all i have to say. >> guest: well, michael. we actually have -- the united states has strong support for turkey since clinton and their foreign minister in turkey consulted earlier this week in refons the shelling that cross border shelling into turkey on wednesday. the u.s. strongly supported the meeting of the nato council that reassured turkey that defense commitments from the...
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turkey's biggest fear is the breaking up of turkey and the kurdish area from turkey. they are very unhappy with united states intervened in i iraq. it strengthened of the kurdish resistance. it brought the kurdish rebellion back to life. there now worry that the kurds in syria are to join with the kurds in iraq and that will make things even more difficult for turkey. the turks have tried to balance this by having very good relations political and economical in the north. it is a very tricky business. and we have not seen the end of it. that is one of the things on their minds. >> all right. adam. i work here at "heritage." i was wondering if anyone thinks that russia may be operating whenever it needs to do on a slightly accelerated timescale given the grand pr tactic -- pageant. and that they're not going to want a bad pr. this will either accelerate or make sure the issue is cleaned up. again, they still want everything cleaned. >> i have not seen anything that connects it with syria. if someone decides to intervene in syria, these are not the kinds of affairs you
turkey's biggest fear is the breaking up of turkey and the kurdish area from turkey. they are very unhappy with united states intervened in i iraq. it strengthened of the kurdish resistance. it brought the kurdish rebellion back to life. there now worry that the kurds in syria are to join with the kurds in iraq and that will make things even more difficult for turkey. the turks have tried to balance this by having very good relations political and economical in the north. it is a very tricky...
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turkey since the crisis in syria has began. and the admiral went to turkey this week and there is a huge expectation [inaudible] could you please give more details about yesterday? >> on the issue of have we demroid additional forces to turkey in response to the crisis in syria. there have been times we've sent teams to do planning with them on humanitarian zones and some of their counter terror concerns related to an unstable northeastern syria and the p.k.k. and in fact my vice chairman just returned back. to your point, we've been having an intelligence sharing regime with turkey for about the last five years and one of the things we're looking to do now is learn lessons in the last five years, recognize a different situation on their border and see if we can assist as well as reduce the threat of ballistic missile attack inside turkey. so it's a work in progress and we go as we need to do have those consultations. >> [inaudible] the turkey prime minister replayed it's a different situation. this kind of negotiation you mean
turkey since the crisis in syria has began. and the admiral went to turkey this week and there is a huge expectation [inaudible] could you please give more details about yesterday? >> on the issue of have we demroid additional forces to turkey in response to the crisis in syria. there have been times we've sent teams to do planning with them on humanitarian zones and some of their counter terror concerns related to an unstable northeastern syria and the p.k.k. and in fact my vice chairman...
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we put turkey in there as a way of comparing to see whether there is a shift with turkey. you can see that views of libya are overwhelmingly negative. we do not have a comparison for libya. we have not asked questions in the past about libya. my suspicion that it is what it is. in the case of egypt, it is divided, but more people are unfavorable, but over time there has been something of a shift. for example, right after the revolution in april 2011, we did what i call, in light of that terror square metaphor, where americans were taken the issue, 60% said they had favorable views it of these appeared that had declined by august of 2011, which 40%. there is not much of a shift since 2011. it is roughly the same, especially if you take the margin of error into account. it is not the chair -- appear that this particular episode is responsible for the use of egypt. america's role in the middle east. in light of recent events and thinking about broad u.s. interests, do you think the u.s. should increase its diplomatic involvement cannot maintain its current level of diplomatic
we put turkey in there as a way of comparing to see whether there is a shift with turkey. you can see that views of libya are overwhelmingly negative. we do not have a comparison for libya. we have not asked questions in the past about libya. my suspicion that it is what it is. in the case of egypt, it is divided, but more people are unfavorable, but over time there has been something of a shift. for example, right after the revolution in april 2011, we did what i call, in light of that terror...
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>> i have no information about turkey and nato. we stand with our targets allied. we concerns -- it is on the serious -- syrian regime to respect turkey's sovereignty. a bashar al-assad has lost all legitimacy to leave the syrian people. his regime is struggling to contain control of syria. they have lost control of the country including cities where there was no fighting at all several months ago. the economy is under pressure. we have made clear as the number ellen did council has made clear that -- north atlantic council has made clear that the assault on turkey's sovereignty is unacceptable. we stand by our turkey's allies. >> the iraq commissioner said he is stepping down november 9. was that -- will the present bill that position quickly? >> i have no personnel announcements to make today. none today. >> tim from bloomberg news. at the hearing today about been , the request from libya for more security was rejected by the state department. was the white house involved with the discussions or the determinations? >> i am not going to get into specifics under re
>> i have no information about turkey and nato. we stand with our targets allied. we concerns -- it is on the serious -- syrian regime to respect turkey's sovereignty. a bashar al-assad has lost all legitimacy to leave the syrian people. his regime is struggling to contain control of syria. they have lost control of the country including cities where there was no fighting at all several months ago. the economy is under pressure. we have made clear as the number ellen did council has made...
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the reason i called for an apology tour is because you flue to egypt and to turkey and iraq. by the way, you skipped israel. and by the way they noticed that you skipped israel. and in those nations on arabic tv you said america had been dismissive. >> you said they dictated other nations. mr. ., we have freed other nations -- mr. president, we have freed other nations from a dictator. >> if we're going to talk to about trips that i have taken -- when i was a candidate for our office, the first trip i took was to visit our troops. and when i went to israel as a candidate, i didn't think donors. i didn't attempt fundraisers. i i went to the holocaust museum there to remind myself the nature of evil and why our bond with israel will be unbreakable. and then i went down to the border towns which had experienced missiles raining down from hamas. and i saw families there who showed me where missiles would come down through their children's bedroom. as president, we funded an iron door program to stop those missiles. so that's how i've used my travels. when i travel to vea and when
the reason i called for an apology tour is because you flue to egypt and to turkey and iraq. by the way, you skipped israel. and by the way they noticed that you skipped israel. and in those nations on arabic tv you said america had been dismissive. >> you said they dictated other nations. mr. ., we have freed other nations -- mr. president, we have freed other nations from a dictator. >> if we're going to talk to about trips that i have taken -- when i was a candidate for our...
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he went to the mideast and you flew to turkey and iraq. he skipped israel. our closest friend in the region. he went to the other nations. by the way, they noticed you skipped israel. on arabic tv, you said america had been dismissive and divisive. he said america had dictated other nations. mr. president, america has not dictated other nations. we have free other nations from dictatorship. >> let me respond. if we are going to talk about trips we take, when i was a candidate for office, the first trip i took was to visit our troops. when i went to israel as a candidate, i did not take donors. i did not attend fund-raisers. i went to the holocaust museum there to remind myself of the nature of evil and why our bonds with israel will be an unbreakable. i saw families who showed me where missiles had come down near their children's bedrooms. i was reminded of what that would mean if those were my kids. as president, we funded an iron dome program to stop those missiles. that is how i have used my travels. when i travel to israel and when i travel to the region
he went to the mideast and you flew to turkey and iraq. he skipped israel. our closest friend in the region. he went to the other nations. by the way, they noticed you skipped israel. on arabic tv, you said america had been dismissive and divisive. he said america had dictated other nations. mr. president, america has not dictated other nations. we have free other nations from dictatorship. >> let me respond. if we are going to talk about trips we take, when i was a candidate for office,...
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i think turkey is very important. i think everything should be done to bring turkey on board. i think this is also do a bulkier it means tuesday that we also have to preserve our dignity. -- i think this also means that we also have to preserve our dignity. faugh you have a vast about "in this country to deal with people. -- you have a vast ability in this country to deal with people. trying to bring them around. and i think it is doable. we have done it in the past. we have signed a peace treaty with egypt, jordan, we had an agreement with the palestinians. we did not do it otherwise. we talk to them secretly, sunny- secretly. i think this is the way to do things. i think despite the tendency of the people to say that in the muslim world you have these strands of suicidal tendencies, no, they are not suicidal. although they send their children and to the battlefields during the war, they are not suicidal. they sent the children into the war, they did not themselves go to the battlefield. >> i have a question. we have over 60 people in the rooms watching you. this one comes fr
i think turkey is very important. i think everything should be done to bring turkey on board. i think this is also do a bulkier it means tuesday that we also have to preserve our dignity. -- i think this also means that we also have to preserve our dignity. faugh you have a vast about "in this country to deal with people. -- you have a vast ability in this country to deal with people. trying to bring them around. and i think it is doable. we have done it in the past. we have signed a peace...
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turkey reduced, india reduced, and in fact, china reduced. it was specifically targeted at the banking sector -- congress authorized the exemptions leaving 20 countries off the hook, and in fact, we have made crippling sanctions. when i hear the other side talk about, we are really going to do this on our own -- we have had an embargo against iran for 30 years. the fact is for crippling sanctions, you do need international cooperation. the kind of saber rattling and do-it-alone approach, we have seen, and we have seen that it will not be very effective in constraining the mullahs in iran that we are so concerned about. >> can i ask you to respond to the iran point, and also on the syria point, what about the weapons falling into the wrong hands? should the u.s. itself be providing those weapons? >> see, i don't get it. maybe i'm dumb, but if we are working with these folks on the communication and logistics, we are working with them every day. we are engaged with them -- your words. why don't we know who the good guys are? i mean, are we comm
turkey reduced, india reduced, and in fact, china reduced. it was specifically targeted at the banking sector -- congress authorized the exemptions leaving 20 countries off the hook, and in fact, we have made crippling sanctions. when i hear the other side talk about, we are really going to do this on our own -- we have had an embargo against iran for 30 years. the fact is for crippling sanctions, you do need international cooperation. the kind of saber rattling and do-it-alone approach, we...
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missiles in turkey will be gone within six months. that was the package. the next morning, khrushchev having received the message and i thought about it -- and thought about it went on the radio announced the missiles would be withdrawn. there is more to the street -- to the story. host: they have this website set up marking the 50th anniversary of the cuban missile crisis. our guest is also the author of a book explaining the cuban missile crisis which came out in 1971. it was updated and revised in 1999. let's listen to president kennedy addressing the nation on october 22, 1962. [video clip] >> our policy has been one of patience and restraint as befits a peaceful and powerful nation which leaves a world wide alliance. we have been determined not to be diverted from our central concerns by mere irritants and fanatics. but now further action is required. it is underway. these actions may only be the beginning. we will not prematurely or unnecessarily risk the course of worldwide nuclear war in which even the fruits of victory with the ashes in our mouths
missiles in turkey will be gone within six months. that was the package. the next morning, khrushchev having received the message and i thought about it -- and thought about it went on the radio announced the missiles would be withdrawn. there is more to the street -- to the story. host: they have this website set up marking the 50th anniversary of the cuban missile crisis. our guest is also the author of a book explaining the cuban missile crisis which came out in 1971. it was updated and...
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is that you went to the middle east and you flew to saudi arabia, turkey, israel, iraq, and you skipped israel, our closest friend in the region. they noticed that you skip israel. you said that america had been dismissive and derisive. you said that on occasion america had dictated to other nations. america has not dictated to other nations. we have freed other nations from dictators. >> if we are going to talk about trips that we take, when i was a candidate for office, the first trip i took was to visit our troops. what i went to israel as a candidate, i did not take donors, i did not attend fund- raisers. i went to the holocaust museum to remind myself the nature of evil and why our bond with israel will be unpredictable. then i went to a town that experience missiles raining down from hamas. i talk to families that showed me where missiles came down near their children's bedrooms. as president, i condoned a program to stop those missiles. when i travelled to israel and a travel to the region. the central question at this point will be, who is going to be credible to all parties inv
is that you went to the middle east and you flew to saudi arabia, turkey, israel, iraq, and you skipped israel, our closest friend in the region. they noticed that you skip israel. you said that america had been dismissive and derisive. you said that on occasion america had dictated to other nations. america has not dictated to other nations. we have freed other nations from dictators. >> if we are going to talk about trips that we take, when i was a candidate for office, the first trip i...
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you have a more democratic system in turkey. they support even when the turks support democratic governments -- we acknowledge these countries are talking about countries in transition. islamists are in charge. let's keep their feet to the fire. let's engage them and engage means you deal with them, cooperate with them, keep their feet to the fire, and countries pressure each other. united states imposed sanctions on other countries. let's not kid ourselves trip. in international relations as, love is not acquired. united states should serve its interests, but our people in the middle east who are supposed to be our natural allies. i would not hold my breath. but you engage them. a country like egypt, a key country, these people created democracy, created central government, they have huge problems. they have to face the fact that they are poor, they're marginalizing themselves. egypt used to be the trend setter in the arab world, for 150 years. egypt cannot even influence events in gas that. egypt is not equipped to deal with t
you have a more democratic system in turkey. they support even when the turks support democratic governments -- we acknowledge these countries are talking about countries in transition. islamists are in charge. let's keep their feet to the fire. let's engage them and engage means you deal with them, cooperate with them, keep their feet to the fire, and countries pressure each other. united states imposed sanctions on other countries. let's not kid ourselves trip. in international relations as,...
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our ally turkey has been attacked. the conflict threatens stability in the region. america can take pride in the blows that our military and intelligence professionals have inflicted on al qaeda, pakistan, afghanistan, including the killing of osama bin laden. these are real achievements one at a high cost. al qaeda remains a strong force, however, in yemen and somalia, libya, other parts of north africa, iraq, and now in syria, and other extremists have been ground across the region. drones and modern instruments of war are important tools in our fight, but are no substitute for national security strategy for the middle east. the president is fond of saying that the tide of war is receding. i want to believe him as much as anyone se. but when we look at the middle east today, with iran closer than ever to nuclear weapons capability, with the conflict in syria threatening to destabilize the region, and with a violent extremists on the march, and with an american ambassador and three others dead, likely at the hands of al qaeda affiliates, it is clear that the risk o
our ally turkey has been attacked. the conflict threatens stability in the region. america can take pride in the blows that our military and intelligence professionals have inflicted on al qaeda, pakistan, afghanistan, including the killing of osama bin laden. these are real achievements one at a high cost. al qaeda remains a strong force, however, in yemen and somalia, libya, other parts of north africa, iraq, and now in syria, and other extremists have been ground across the region. drones...
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i call it an apology tour is because you went to the middle east, you flew to egypt, saudi arabia, turkey, and iraq. by the way, you skipped israel, our closest friend in the region. but you went to the other nations. by the way, they noticed that he skipped israel. you said that america had been dismissive and derisive. that america had dictated other nations. mr. president, america has not dictated other nations. we have freed other nations from dictators. >> let me respond. if we are going to talk about trips that we have made, when i was a candidate for office, the first trip i took was to visit our troops. when i went to israel as a candidate, i did not take donors, i did not attend to fund-raisers, i went to the holocaust museum to remind myself the nature of evil and why our bond with israel will be unbreakable. then i went down to the border town which had experienced missiles raining down from hamas. i saw families there who showed me where missiles would come down near their children's bedrooms. i was reminded of what that would mean if those were my kids, which is why we funded
i call it an apology tour is because you went to the middle east, you flew to egypt, saudi arabia, turkey, and iraq. by the way, you skipped israel, our closest friend in the region. but you went to the other nations. by the way, they noticed that he skipped israel. you said that america had been dismissive and derisive. that america had dictated other nations. mr. president, america has not dictated other nations. we have freed other nations from dictators. >> let me respond. if we are...
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from south africa, from turkey to south korea, from india to indonesia, people of different races and traditions have lifted millions out of poverty while respecting the rights of their citizens and meeting their responsibilities of nations. it is because of the progress that i have witnessed in my own lifetime, the progress that i have witnessed after nearly four years as president that i remain ever hopeful about the world that we live in. the war in iraq is over. american troops have come home. we have begun a transition in afghanistan. america and our allies will end our war on schedule in 2014. al qaeda has been weakened and osama bin laden is no more. and nations have come together to lock down nuclear materials. america and russia is reducing our materials. we have seen choices made to put more power in the hands of citizens. in a time of economic challenge, the world has come together to run prosperity. through the g-20, we have kept countries on the path to recovery. america has assumed an agenda that feels growth and a dependency and worked with african leaders to help them
from south africa, from turkey to south korea, from india to indonesia, people of different races and traditions have lifted millions out of poverty while respecting the rights of their citizens and meeting their responsibilities of nations. it is because of the progress that i have witnessed in my own lifetime, the progress that i have witnessed after nearly four years as president that i remain ever hopeful about the world that we live in. the war in iraq is over. american troops have come...
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turkey and so on many levels . i mean i think turkey had no other choice but to. certain degree involved with syria. and that's you know what it did i mean you can criticize certainly you know if i go if i go to kind of let's look at syria because you know it before this you know before turkey's stance it could have been a mediator it could have played a very different role but it decided to go against assad so you can what do you think about that because you know the dynamic change there i mean the syrians are not going to look at the turks as being a mediator i still insist that turkey's involvement in the middle east and north africa is one that works through the new conservative partners the case of egypt and the case of libya i think prove my case. since what we see on the rise in these two countries is muslim brotherhood influence in politics and we also see a similar trend in iraq where turkey is again at odds with the government in syria turkey unfortunately has acted in a very sectarian based and has not b
turkey and so on many levels . i mean i think turkey had no other choice but to. certain degree involved with syria. and that's you know what it did i mean you can criticize certainly you know if i go if i go to kind of let's look at syria because you know it before this you know before turkey's stance it could have been a mediator it could have played a very different role but it decided to go against assad so you can what do you think about that because you know the dynamic change there i...
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and syria especially so the bottom line is turkey is not same turkey before two thousand now it is you know different ambitions and a water were eight thousand it's you know better economy. it's been accused is no to mons at any rate whatever it does ok i don't what do you think about that because you know year and a half ago turkey didn't have very many problems with its neighbors now it has problems with almost everybody now. i think we need to distinguish between two different foreign policy styles one is what has already been going on that turkey is becoming more dynamic and proactive in foreign policy and as an opposition member of parliament i do support the new dynamism and proactive style in turkish foreign policy this however is quite different from what's also going on on the other hand and we can't simply gloss it as an autumn and style of foreign policy and this is a foreign policy that relies heavily on turkey's sunni muslim partners in the greater region moreover she within turkey in domestic politics there is the self perception that turkey is moving towards in your argu
and syria especially so the bottom line is turkey is not same turkey before two thousand now it is you know different ambitions and a water were eight thousand it's you know better economy. it's been accused is no to mons at any rate whatever it does ok i don't what do you think about that because you know year and a half ago turkey didn't have very many problems with its neighbors now it has problems with almost everybody now. i think we need to distinguish between two different foreign policy...
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a low end welcome to crossfire thank you turkey and its road ahead a little over a year ago turkey was being hailed as the new leader and model for the most of the world among many turks the ottoman legacy is again back in vogue mind how things have changed instead of focusing on a foreign policy of no problems with its neighbors particularly syria is ankara's foreign policy today in disarray. to cross-talk the new ottomans i'm joined by gareth jenkins in istanbul he is a nonresident senior fellow with the institute for security and development policy silk road studies program also in istanbul we have icon editor america he is a republican people's party member of parliament and in washington we cross to ten year the correspondent for the time daily and a fellow with the henry jackson society right gentlemen cross-talk rosen a fact i mean she can jump in anytime one if i go to you first what is neo optimism and is that a good idea. oh basically i think it's the idea that there should be a turkish fluency in the middle east in particular in those territories which were once ruled by the
a low end welcome to crossfire thank you turkey and its road ahead a little over a year ago turkey was being hailed as the new leader and model for the most of the world among many turks the ottoman legacy is again back in vogue mind how things have changed instead of focusing on a foreign policy of no problems with its neighbors particularly syria is ankara's foreign policy today in disarray. to cross-talk the new ottomans i'm joined by gareth jenkins in istanbul he is a nonresident senior...
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sort turkey is in the thick of things turkey has been trying to unify a very very fragmented syrian opposition so far too little success but sending troops turkish troops over the border into syria is a whole different dimension ok maggie if i go to you in tampa do you think the syrians want the turks to blink because they know nato doesn't really want to get involved in this at least overtly. to bluff well. yeah that's a good question peter let me just go back to your previous question i would agree with the or for in with with the other guest from turkey i think syria is some sort of potential vietnam for turkey i don't think thirty would want to intervene in syria militarily for now at least because into reading in syria they would get turkey sucked into the syria sucked into a sectarian war in syria and that would backlash in turkey because of the issue of the kurds might do bill against turkey my unify with the kurds in syria and also there would be a proxy war between iran we should also bring iran into the topic because there would be iran has a heart a large stake inside syr
sort turkey is in the thick of things turkey has been trying to unify a very very fragmented syrian opposition so far too little success but sending troops turkish troops over the border into syria is a whole different dimension ok maggie if i go to you in tampa do you think the syrians want the turks to blink because they know nato doesn't really want to get involved in this at least overtly. to bluff well. yeah that's a good question peter let me just go back to your previous question i would...
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islam is the most important issue in turkey. narrator: most inhabitants of istanbul are muslims, but here, too, we find striking contrasts. some combine their religion with westernized lifestyles. this dovetailing of this consumer society with islamist lifestyle in turkey i think is something that has arisen specifically from the conjuncture of globalizing economics in turkey as well as a relative freedom of expression, and an increasingly educated islamist community-- and increasingly urbanized. i think that it can be, in a way, an export of turkey to other places in the middle east, and i think that it has been. narrator: but many people are fundamentalists and find their identity in islamic traditions. but they are fighting against another tradition here. beginning in the 1920s, one of ataturk's most significant changes was the formal separation of church and stat since that time, religion is supposed to be a matter of individual choice and conviction. secor: i think that turkey has the potential to be a great model of a stat
islam is the most important issue in turkey. narrator: most inhabitants of istanbul are muslims, but here, too, we find striking contrasts. some combine their religion with westernized lifestyles. this dovetailing of this consumer society with islamist lifestyle in turkey i think is something that has arisen specifically from the conjuncture of globalizing economics in turkey as well as a relative freedom of expression, and an increasingly educated islamist community-- and increasingly...
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so let me read it -- [reading name] killed by turkish leftist and in stempel turkey. killed in custer rica, one crewman killed, attacked by terrorists in pr. one security guard wounded in beirut, lebanon. terrorist bombing in london on. lt. cmdr killed by terrorists in san salvador. corporal san pedro killed in cyprus. capt shot by terrorist near athens, greece. the 10 a corporal -- lt. corporal killed in a terrorist attack in germany. hospital man wounded in beirut, lebanon. a petty officer first class, assigned to the defense attache office, killed. civil engineer corps builder, killed, boulder first class, and four marine security guards wounded and -- in the terrorist bombing in -- in east beirut. a steelworker, a second-class of underwater construction team won, killed by terrorists in athens, greece. of the marines assigned to a security guard detachment, san salvador, killed by a terrorist armed with automatic weapons in a cafe in san salvador. 37 killed, five wounded when the uss stark was struck by iraqi missiles. a terrorist grenade attack at the uso club in
so let me read it -- [reading name] killed by turkish leftist and in stempel turkey. killed in custer rica, one crewman killed, attacked by terrorists in pr. one security guard wounded in beirut, lebanon. terrorist bombing in london on. lt. cmdr killed by terrorists in san salvador. corporal san pedro killed in cyprus. capt shot by terrorist near athens, greece. the 10 a corporal -- lt. corporal killed in a terrorist attack in germany. hospital man wounded in beirut, lebanon. a petty officer...
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reason i call it an apology or is you went to the middle east -- he flew to egypt and saudi arabia and turkey and iraq. and, by the way, use of israel -- are closest to rent -- friend in the region -- but you went to the other nations. and by the way, they noticed that it is real. and in those nations and on every tv set america has been dismissive and derisive. he said that on occasion america had dictated to other nations. mr. kravis -- mr. president, america has not dictated to other nations. we have freed other nations from dictators. >> let me respond. you know, if we are going to talk but trips we've taken. when i was candidate for office, the first trip i took was to visit our troops. and when i went to israel as a candidate, i didn't take donors, i didn't attend fund-raisers, i went to the holocaust museum there to remind myself the nature of evil and why our bond of israel would be unbreakable. then i went down to the border towns which had experienced missiles raining down from hamas. and i saw families there who showed me where missiles had come down near their children's bedrooms
reason i call it an apology or is you went to the middle east -- he flew to egypt and saudi arabia and turkey and iraq. and, by the way, use of israel -- are closest to rent -- friend in the region -- but you went to the other nations. and by the way, they noticed that it is real. and in those nations and on every tv set america has been dismissive and derisive. he said that on occasion america had dictated to other nations. mr. kravis -- mr. president, america has not dictated to other...
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the last hour, nato says it is ready to defend their alliance member turkey in the. syrian the. we will keep you updated. the head of the european central bank is pushing for the creation of a common bank bailout fund to prevent bank failures from wrecking the financial system or costing taxpayers money. mario draghi says such a bank resolution fund is the way to avoid the kind of disruption that occurred after the failure of u.s. investment bank lehman brothers in 2008. turning to campaign 2012, danville, kentucky, is getting ready for a thrill. it's the vice-presidential debate this thursday between joe biden and paul ryan. the city has repaved streets, planted flowers, and directed new signs. one bar is serving cocktails named for the vice president and his rival. c-span is covering the vice- presidential debate thursday night and are preview program begins a 7:00 p.m. eastern with the debate starting at 9:00. those are the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> look at what president obama did on the budget. nothing except borrow and spend. as a result of his abdication of lea
the last hour, nato says it is ready to defend their alliance member turkey in the. syrian the. we will keep you updated. the head of the european central bank is pushing for the creation of a common bank bailout fund to prevent bank failures from wrecking the financial system or costing taxpayers money. mario draghi says such a bank resolution fund is the way to avoid the kind of disruption that occurred after the failure of u.s. investment bank lehman brothers in 2008. turning to campaign...
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i know the united states turned down a request from turkey for armed drones. they turned around and said, we will arm our own drones. we are right at the tipping point where a lot of countries, egypt, turkey, or others, has the technology. it is not that complicated. >> i am not personally familiar with the situation, but drones' generally reduce the cost of military intervention. it is easier, like an iphone makes it easier to communicate with whomever you would like to communicate with. to the extent we have a proliferation drone, and to the extent that different countries around the world are using this instrument to pursue their policies, we are likely to see greater intensity in terms of the frequency of these operations. that does not matter if it is the iranians on the pakistan water, or the concerns about jihad groups, we will see these used because the costs are lower. the fact that the costs are lower means we have to have a much clearer sense of who we are targeting, what the possible costs of taking the wrong actions are, and a public discussion ab
i know the united states turned down a request from turkey for armed drones. they turned around and said, we will arm our own drones. we are right at the tipping point where a lot of countries, egypt, turkey, or others, has the technology. it is not that complicated. >> i am not personally familiar with the situation, but drones' generally reduce the cost of military intervention. it is easier, like an iphone makes it easier to communicate with whomever you would like to communicate with....
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tonight on r t turkey gives the green light to military operations beyond the country's borders after wednesday's deadly shelling from syrian territory. also as the west rushes to blame president the sad for the cross border violence moscow calls for a strength on both sides but highlights the lack of global condemnation from the turners and killed dozens in aleppo. and after the rub says protesters stormed the greek defense ministry later showed despair in the struggling country. eight pm thursday night here in moscow welcome if you just joined us mimes kevin i mean this is r t live for the top stories and first turkey's parliament or throws the military to engage in cross border armed operations following the shelling of a town from syrian territory on wednesday meantime tension on the border is worsening too with turkey renewing its for a tell a tree shelling of its war torn neighbor for a second day artie's middle east correspondent as the latest. as expected the turkish parliament has voted overwhelmingly in favor of the wising military operations in syria what this does mean is
tonight on r t turkey gives the green light to military operations beyond the country's borders after wednesday's deadly shelling from syrian territory. also as the west rushes to blame president the sad for the cross border violence moscow calls for a strength on both sides but highlights the lack of global condemnation from the turners and killed dozens in aleppo. and after the rub says protesters stormed the greek defense ministry later showed despair in the struggling country. eight pm...
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turkey gives the green light to military operations beyond the country's borders following wednesday's deadly shelling from syrian territory. and as the west rushes to blame president assad for the cross border violence moscow calls for restraint on both sides and highlights the lack of global condemnation for the terrorism that killed dozens and eleven. and athens erupts as protesters stormed the greek defense ministry and the latest show of despair in the struggling country. thank you for joining our tionne karen terrill to broadcast into from our studio in moscow we go now to our developing story turkey's parliament us all the rise the military to engage and cross border armed operations following the shelling of a town from syrian territory on wednesday meanwhile tension on the border is a worsening with turkey renewing its retaliatory shelling of its war torn neighbor for a second day artie's middle east correspondent paula slayer brings us more. as expected the turkish parliament has voted overwhelmingly in favor of the wising military operations in syria what this does mean is t
turkey gives the green light to military operations beyond the country's borders following wednesday's deadly shelling from syrian territory. and as the west rushes to blame president assad for the cross border violence moscow calls for restraint on both sides and highlights the lack of global condemnation for the terrorism that killed dozens and eleven. and athens erupts as protesters stormed the greek defense ministry and the latest show of despair in the struggling country. thank you for...
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the russias are looking at turkey's piftd and turkey has come back closer to the united states and they're not krtable with that because they saw nato and turkey and the united states get together and take out qaddafi and they don't want that to happen again to another ally. last but not least this is also putin's primal fear that if he sets up a precedent of supporting an uprising and the international community to back that uprising, they say what if tomorrow there's a russian spring so he doesn't like what's going on in syria at all. >> warner: what message is turkey sending to russia? russia is a major arms supplier to syria. are they saying you can't use turkish arms space to ship arms in? at least not on passenger planes? and can they enforce it? >> there's a gray area of legality and the turks are enforcing it. they are saying we can do this because it ears our airspace and they're probably acting on intelligence that might have come to them from other places. usually if the turks that has kind of intelligence it's not theirs. and the turks -- >> warner: kind of a nato intelligence?
the russias are looking at turkey's piftd and turkey has come back closer to the united states and they're not krtable with that because they saw nato and turkey and the united states get together and take out qaddafi and they don't want that to happen again to another ally. last but not least this is also putin's primal fear that if he sets up a precedent of supporting an uprising and the international community to back that uprising, they say what if tomorrow there's a russian spring so he...
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thursday morning, turkey launched a second round of shelling. some reports say several syrian soldiers were killed. >> the retaliation came after five turkish civilians were killed after syrian mortar fire. turkey says that syria has now apologized for that incident and has promised it would not happen again. >> it is a small turkish town bordering war-torn syria. it has come under the line of fire. syrian borders struck a residential neighborhood, killing five civilians -- syrian mortars struck a residential neighborhood, killing five civilians. cross-border buyer has struck 37 times since the start of the syrian uprising -- cross-border fire has struck turkey several times since the start of the syrian uprising. the government says this bill is not a declaration of war against syria. >> turkey is not a country that wants war. it is a country that wants peace, but we're also a part of a country that is visible -- capable of doing what is necessary when a dictatorial regime violates the sovereignty of our country. >> turkey is ramping up its mil
thursday morning, turkey launched a second round of shelling. some reports say several syrian soldiers were killed. >> the retaliation came after five turkish civilians were killed after syrian mortar fire. turkey says that syria has now apologized for that incident and has promised it would not happen again. >> it is a small turkish town bordering war-torn syria. it has come under the line of fire. syrian borders struck a residential neighborhood, killing five civilians -- syrian...
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decision by turkey today it is it is representatives. how consecutive turkish governments machine very aggressive foreign policy objectives we had last year and this year turkish government threaten in the republic of cyprus governments because the cypriot government found natural oil and gas reserves in it's in gigs crucifixion i'm excited and so i think today's more bouts of peace in certain sections of search sites it's more symbolic but on a war in notes it demonstrates once again how to answer because governments push use aggressively for policy objectives we've also seen this kind of things in recent history books as well the not forgetting of course turkey making a similar move regarding northern iraq didn't it were its military hunted for kurdish militants how different is that from what syria is doing i pursue in suspected terrorists over the turkish border while the syrian government being the only legitimate administration in syria has every rights of the shoe terrorists on its territory however there's a difference issues ter
decision by turkey today it is it is representatives. how consecutive turkish governments machine very aggressive foreign policy objectives we had last year and this year turkish government threaten in the republic of cyprus governments because the cypriot government found natural oil and gas reserves in it's in gigs crucifixion i'm excited and so i think today's more bouts of peace in certain sections of search sites it's more symbolic but on a war in notes it demonstrates once again how to...
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turkey and syria keep the border shelling go away as media reports suggest uncle rod may have provided the waters now landing on its territory in the first place. live pictures from athens where protesters i gathered outside to once again to call for an end to cuts and express anger at the pending visit of germany's angela merkel. and the ruble chavez evolve unity for venezuela the longstanding socialist leader proves he is still enjoys the people support when it will fall term and six more years in power. it's nine pm here in moscow are you watching r t a live with me to have on with same turkey has again fired syria of so cross border mortar bomb strike but a turkish newspaper is reporting the shells that have been landing in turkey for six states now maybe from weapons that ankara itself provided to syrian rebels this together with reports of their separate is the mobilizing inside syria threatens to leave turkey in an awkward diplomatic position a middle east correspondent policia has the latest. what we've witnessed now is five days of increasing conflict along the turkish syrian
turkey and syria keep the border shelling go away as media reports suggest uncle rod may have provided the waters now landing on its territory in the first place. live pictures from athens where protesters i gathered outside to once again to call for an end to cuts and express anger at the pending visit of germany's angela merkel. and the ruble chavez evolve unity for venezuela the longstanding socialist leader proves he is still enjoys the people support when it will fall term and six more...
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turkey hadn't put it on display. we have the word of the turk yirk prime minister that the cargo was objectionable. some have tried to fill in the blanks there. one newspaper says 10 containers were confiscated. but the director of syrian arab airlines, the airline that had to stop says that all the cargo was legal, and he wants it back. >> and james, now this flight to damascus took off in moscow. clearly the implication that russia in involved. that's going to complicate what's already an awful situation at the u.n. security council isn't it? >> that will make things a lot more difficult. turkey and syria, we pretty much know that relationship. there is no relationship. but now if this country, turkey, has to start having a difficult relationship with russia, i think that will tremendously complicate international diplomacy. earlier today russia's prime minister was adamant that it needed an explanation about what had happened. we're told that there's been no particular communication so far between those capitols.
turkey hadn't put it on display. we have the word of the turk yirk prime minister that the cargo was objectionable. some have tried to fill in the blanks there. one newspaper says 10 containers were confiscated. but the director of syrian arab airlines, the airline that had to stop says that all the cargo was legal, and he wants it back. >> and james, now this flight to damascus took off in moscow. clearly the implication that russia in involved. that's going to complicate what's already...
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oh well turkey is not alone acting turkey is a nato member state and turkey is not acting without a say or conference with washington and berlin and that's why it's so dangerous the situation at the moment and that's why we as a left party say we do not want. to and we do not want that the berlin government is backing such an aggressive. foreign policy of turkey right german and the dandelion thank you very much indeed for your time your work. time now for business and there is a new twist in a long lasting dispute around the world's top nickel producer. yeah. the main shareholders we are talking about nicole of course they've reportedly started a fresh round of negotiations to find a way out of their tensions the russian billionaires that are passed. only around a quarter of the company and during the years they keep on arguing over divisions of management over the now comes the day use paper says to come up with a new shareholder agreement there are lots of speculations of a potential outcome for example full time to buy additional shares in the company that it could invite a new inde
oh well turkey is not alone acting turkey is a nato member state and turkey is not acting without a say or conference with washington and berlin and that's why it's so dangerous the situation at the moment and that's why we as a left party say we do not want. to and we do not want that the berlin government is backing such an aggressive. foreign policy of turkey right german and the dandelion thank you very much indeed for your time your work. time now for business and there is a new twist in a...
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i may be wrong about this but turkey has been at the forefront of the support for the rebels turkey is allowing the rebels to be trained and armed inside turkey and them to cross over into syria it's interference intervention in the syrian conflict has been extremely important indeed decisive turkey says it doesn't want to withdraw but this is now the second time that turkey has been involved in a military conflict with syria you remember i'm sure your viewers will too that a turkish aircraft was shot down. a few months ago and turkey at that stage also tried but failed to use that as a pretext for some kind of military response and this latest parliamentary resolution is another attempt to do the same thing so i think turkey's role in this is very questionable indeed we talk about turkey's role in this being very questionable india let's talk about what some are saying is a very very heavy handed response we have the syrian shell that goes into a turkish border town five people are killed then turkey responds with seventy approximately seventy strikes in response to approximately o
i may be wrong about this but turkey has been at the forefront of the support for the rebels turkey is allowing the rebels to be trained and armed inside turkey and them to cross over into syria it's interference intervention in the syrian conflict has been extremely important indeed decisive turkey says it doesn't want to withdraw but this is now the second time that turkey has been involved in a military conflict with syria you remember i'm sure your viewers will too that a turkish aircraft...
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this house has led turkey itself into the fighting. if that continues, it will change the nature of syria's 4. -- syria's war. >> that is exactly what everyone is worried about. turkey has been hit in a tax by syria since the uprising against president assad began, but yesterday's was the most serious and it doesn't threaten to destabilize the region. >> the border between syria and turkey is long, porous, and tense. flimsy barrier to a war on a stage set for this calculation and escalation. call this is the turkish town where this. shell killed five civilians. on the syrian side, the rebels control the border post which makes them a target. at the u.n. security council, the paralysis caused by the desire of france, britain and america, to remove the regime in russia and china cost support of it means a struggle to release a statement. >> this is a great concern. turkey is a core ally of the united states and this sort of cross border military activity is very destabilizing and must be stopped. >> syria takes seriously the vote in turk
this house has led turkey itself into the fighting. if that continues, it will change the nature of syria's 4. -- syria's war. >> that is exactly what everyone is worried about. turkey has been hit in a tax by syria since the uprising against president assad began, but yesterday's was the most serious and it doesn't threaten to destabilize the region. >> the border between syria and turkey is long, porous, and tense. flimsy barrier to a war on a stage set for this calculation and...